Letter, Loulie Feemster, Bigbee Bottom, Mississippi, to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news of church and business. She lists the fabrics she bought for clothes and includes a humorous limerick about wives spending...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Keith Remy, April 24, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Remy was born in 1933 in Waterloo, Iowa, and completed his Bachelor’s degree at Iowa State University in 1955. He served in...

In two letters, the first being written from R. E. Miller to his mother and the second from the mother to Stone. In the letter to his mother, R. E. Millers explains that he may be expelled from school due to the fact that he went turkey hunting...

Oral history; interview with Mr. William E. Poe, May 1, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Mr. Poe was born October 9, 1936, in Indianola, Mississippi. Poe began his scholarly career here in 1955, earning his Bachelor’s...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Vance Watson, conducted December 7, 2011, at Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Watson, a Missouri native, first came to Mississippi State in 1966 as an Assistant Professor of Agronomy. He...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Thomas H. Loftin, April 9, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Loftin was born in 1932 in Simpson County, Mississippi. Loftin first came to MSU as a student in the 1950s. After graduating...

Oral history; interview with John Calvin Crecink, July 25, 2012, at the Lloyd-Ricks-Watson Building, Mississippi State University. Dr. Crecink died at his Starkville home shortly after this interview, on August 12, 2012. Dr. Crecink was born...

Letter to widow Sallie E. Curry from an unidentified man in West Point, Mississippi, asking her permission to correspond with him or allow him to call on her, 1863. Sallie E. Curry married W.P. Bond in 1888.

Minutes of Cumberland Presbyterian Church convention held in Selma, Alabama, in 1863. Includes roll of ministers and elders present on each day of the convention, most from Alabama and Tennessee. The convention established committees for a...

Dr. Fred Taylor, professor of Wood Science and Technology and assistant director of Forest Products at MSU, is shown observing a souvenir he brought back from a one-year visit to Africa where he studied the properties of the Eucalyptus tree.

Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She writes about a revival taking place among the Masons and tells him about some acquaintances who have joined. She also names people who have made professions at the...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Lynn Reinschmiedt, Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Economics, May 16, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Reinschmiedt was born in 1949 in Clinton, Oklahoma. He received both his...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Gary Jackson, April 24, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Jackson is the Director of the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service at Mississippi State University. Jackson was a...

Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama, opening with news from the church. She says that not all the ministers were as enthusiastic as they should have been, but five professions were made. Willie has not...

Oral history; interview with Dr. Bill M. Swoope, June 11, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Swoope was born in 1931 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at MSU. In total,...

Oral history, interview with Mr. Joe E. Askew, Jr., November 12, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Mr. Askew was born in Starkville, MS, in 1948. He first came to Mississippi State University in 1967 and completed his...

Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She tells him about friends and relatives, then mentions that her father is thinking of selling his place and his slaves. She doesn't think very highly of the Dunnings:...